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Object Number
986-5-20/26190
Display Title
Shawl (rebozo)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Rebozo
Object Description
Shawl (rebozo); White ground; two red warp bands at edges; purple warp float; four weft bands of red; weft-wise raised threads running the whole width of the cloth; brocade is single-sided onlay in shiny thread of gold, purple and silver-green; motifs are either simply symbolic or zoomorphic (bird-like) or floral; at the ends the brocade is very complex, consisting of mainly geometric patterns; fringes are very complicated hitched and knotted versions with colored shiny threads attached; badly stained (dye stain?), worn; hole
Inventory Description
Shawl, fringe ends, geometric design in green, beige, purple, and gold
Classification
- Shawl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1930-1939 ca?
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Solola
Central America / Guatemala / Quetzaltenango
Central America / Guatemala / Quetzaltenango
Additional Geographic Terms
Lake Atitlan region
Materials
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 177 x 78.8 cm (69 11/16 x 31 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26190
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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